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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Bethesda, MD

Decisions
916
Approved
96.1%
Median certified wage
$105,900
Years
FY2016 to FY2026

Year by year

  • certified
  • denied
  • withdrawn

Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, FY2024 on from its current ones; the newest year is partial until DOL publishes its fourth quarter.

Every year as a table
Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn
FY2016 92 5 1
FY2017 85 5 3
FY2018 90 4 6
FY2019 74 4 1
FY2020 56 3 4
FY2021 87 3 1
FY2022 70 3 3
FY2023 74 2 6
FY2024 69 4 5
FY2025 86 1 3
FY2026 65 0 1

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Worker's education

  • Master's 418
  • Bachelor's 172
  • None 84
  • High School 39
  • Doctorate 14
  • Other 14
  • Associate's 8

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 502
  • F-1 48
  • A1/A2 29
  • TPS 25
  • L-1 19
  • NOT IN USA 12
  • G-5 8
  • B-2 8
  • J-1 7
  • EWI 7

The worksite city on each application, from DOL's decided cases since FY2016. Spellings of one city are pooled; a city counts as one place per state.

Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting is not in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases, not the queue.